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The Wingham Advance Times, 1927-11-03, Page 6Tro—,777.: WELLINOTON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Established 184o Head Office, Guelph, Ont, Rusks takerz on all clasees of insure ariee at reasonable rates, ABNER COSENS', Agent, Winghain J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH — INSURANCE --- AND REAL ESTATE P. 0. Box 36o Phone 240 WINOHAIVT, — ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office --Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Helmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC: Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Winghann Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, - Ontario DR. Go IL ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of,Dentistry Office over H. E. Isard's Store. E. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon edical Representative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Zeiceessor to Dr. W. R. Hambly DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND '(Eng.) (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON r Dr. Chisholm's old stand. DR. .R. L. 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DiRECTOR motor gqviiptottit WINGTIAM, oivrAtio e itt EST By Percival Christopher Wren THE QRBATEST MYSTERY STORY EVER WRITTEN • • • ViTINGUAIVf ADVAISICEeTIMES emeeseeamemeeremeoeueeeeeeoeoweeseaeogoomeeeeseeeee.oweemeseeameeeneoeieweeeoeueeeeeeeetesesee, I I could have wept that we had no lead, us first to the oasis from which rifles. Steady inagazirf4- fire from the band had come. "Lead us not into temptation," said Buddy. "He'd shore lead us where hp wanted us.", • Speaking to the man in his own tongue, when he had recovered from Buddy's handling of .hira, I asked him what he was prepared to do to save his life. . . . Could, he lead us south parallel with the caravan route, fron one oasis or water -hole to another, if we agreed to set him free as soon as we were in the Kano territory? He replied that he would willingly lead us to Hell and che.ei.fully abidt, there himself, so long as he got t s there too. He was undbubteelly" a 1 brave man. • q told him that in that case :we should take his camel and weapone (unfortunately for us he had no rifle). and leave him where he was, to die of thirst. "El IVletub Mektub" (What is writ- ten is written), he replied, with' a shrug, and that was all we could get out of hirn. In the end we took"hirn with us, bound, on his camel, which was tied to Buddy's and left him at the first water -hole to which we came. This we found by following the track made by his friends as they had come northward, ; From here we rode on with filled water -skins and half the food supply of the Arab whom we had abandoned. Digby's death proved to be the first tragic catastrophe 'of a series of dis- asters that now overtook us. • First we encountered a terrible sand storm that nearly killed us and quite obliterated all tracks. Then we missed the caravan route when we reluctantly decided to re - tern to it, either crossing it in ignor- ance,ewhere the ground was too rocky for there to be anyfootprints, cirs else riding over the road itself at a spot. where all traces of it had been wiPed, out, or buried, by the sand storm. Next, nearly dead with thirst, we reached a water hole, and found it dried up! Here our starving camels ate some poisonous shrub Or other, speedily sickened, and within thirty-six hours were all dead; We thus found ourselves stranded in the desert, not knowing whether the. caravan route was to the east or to the west of us, without rifles; witb- out food, without camels,, and with one goat -skin containing about a pint of water.' • ' This we decided not to drink until we must literally drink or die, though it seerned that we must surely do that in any case. F;or a day we struggled, on, incred- ibly, without water, arid at the end of the day wondered whether we were a day's march from the caravan road on which were oaseS, wells, water - holes, and villages. Once we found it (if ever), we would risk the French patrols until we could again get camele. On the caravan route, death ;was probable, here in the desert, on foot, it was certain. • o ...., - • . f • Night found, as unable to ''peak, our lips black and cracked in great fissures, our tongues swollen horribly, our throats closed, an& our mouths dry. (It isan incredibly horrible thing to have. one's mouth literally and really dry, like hard leather.) I pointed at the precious water - skin and raised my eyebrows inter- rogatively. Hank shook hishead and pointed at the setting sun and then at the zenith, We must drink to -morrow when we should, if possible, be in worse ease than now. . We reeled on through the night, for our lives depended on reaching the "roado" Towards morning, I 'could go no further and sank down without mean- ing to do so. I tried to rise and failed. Seeing that I could do no more, the other two lay down beside me, and we fell asleep. The sun awoke me to see Buddy, with a fate like death, staring at a scrap of paper torn from a. pocket.- boOk. , He passed it to me, • On it was scrawled: "Pard, Drink tip the water slow and push on etilek, Good old Buddy, we bin gobd pard,s. Hank" Hank was gone, . 6 Buddy untied the iteek of the goat- skin and filled his mouth with water. He held, the water in his mouth or a minute and then swallowed it slow- ly, "Tekt a motthful like that and then ewallee," he croaked hoarsely. "We gotta do what lIatik ses," he three marksmen like ourselves, would have brought the yelling fiends crash- ing to earth in such numberas might have saved us and provided us with much that we sorely needed. The feeling, of utter impotence was horrible, and like the impotence of nightmare. ..To be butchered like sheep without striking a blow Could Digby possibly eseape? . . Or would they see his tracks and ,follow him after slaughtering us? . Therti was an excellent chance that they would pass straight on without cross ing his trail. . . . Would they swerve from our apparently levelled rifles? No. On they came. . . . Digby might be well away by now. . . o And then from sonfewhere, there rang out load, clear and (to -these Arabs) terrible, a bugle -call that portentous bugle -call, menacing and fateful, that had been almost the last thing so many desert tribesmen.' had heard, the bugle -c11 that announced the closing of the trap, and preluded the hail of bullets against which no Arab charge could prevail. Tii effect was instant and magical., The band swerved to their right, wheeled, and fled---fied to avoid what they thought a terrible trap; so neat- ly baited and into 'which they had so nearly fallen., As the bugle -call died away, Hank roared orders In French at thetop of his enormous voice, and awayto the left a man was apparently signal ling beck with excited energy, to the French forces behind him, "enemy in sight?' Evidently the panic-stricken mob of raiders thought that the danger was behind the spot on which they had first seen Hank, for they fled in a direction to the right of the rocks.bc- hind which Digby had blown his bugle. . Suddenly my heart leapt into my throat, as one of the robbers, perhaps their leader or a candidate for leader- ship, seeerved to the left from the ruck of the fleeing band and, either in a spirit of savage vengeance, or the desire, not uncommon with these people, for single combat if the pres- ence of Many onlookers, rode at the man who had exposed himself to sig- nal back to the French force of which he was evidently the.scout. "Quick!" I shouted. "He'll get him," and I found myself yelling Digby's name, We scrambled on to our camels, Hank bawling commands in French, and Buddy yelling devilish war - whoops. Digby stooped and then poised him- self in the attitude of a javelin -throw- er. As the Arab raised his great sword, Digby's arm shot forward and the Arab reeled, receiving the stpne full eri his face, and jerking the camel's head round ahe did so. Dig- by sprang at the man's leg and pulled him down, the two falling together, • They rose simultaneously, the Arab's sword went up, Digby's fist shot out, and we heard the smack as the man reeled backwards and fell, his sword dropping from his hand. Digby seized it and stood over the half stunned robber, who was twitch - it -1g and clawing at the sand. . . • And then we heard another sound, A rifle was fired, and Digby swayed and fell. An Arab had wheeled from the ittl of the fleeing band, fired this shot at thirty yards' range and fled again, we three on our galloping camels not a hundred yards from him. Digby was dead before I got to him, shot through the back of the head with an expanding bailet. We tied the Arab's feet, and I blew hugle-talls to the best of my abilieye 1 am going to ,say nothing at all about my feelings. Digby was dead. Michael was dead, I felt that the essential me was dead too. I lived on like an eutorneton, and— like a creature sentenced to death—I waited for the blow to fall, the mo - merit of collapse to eoree. We buried Digby there, although we expected the return of the Arabs at any moment. "He shore gave 'his life for corn," said Hank, chewing his lips, "'Greater, love hath no inan,' was able to rely, Buddy said ;milting, 'but Buddy wept, He then untied, the comeletelY recovered Arab, a huge, powerful young fellow, twite'bis size, and with- out weapons on either side, fought him and beat him insensible. Discussing the question of this rob- ber's future, I suggested we should bind his hands, put him on his camel and make Win reit guide—bidding him ! .'•,•• 41.; added,. as 1. shock mg bead, 1 could not drink the water. "We gotta hike," wheezed Btaltly We don' wenta make 'what he done all for nix, All no good, like. We won't' come back an' drink it .., Yew ain't goin" to waste his life, pard? , done it fer you. . ..." 1 filled my mouth and swallowed— but I could not swallow the lump in my throat. We staggered on through that day and the next, moistening our mouths at intervals, and just. before sunset, on ,the second day, saw a mirage of palm trees, a village, a little white mosque, and—the mirage was real. We stayed at this village for months scouring the desert for Hank, work- ing as cultivators, water -carriers, watchmen, ea:nehmen and at any other job that offered, and we were never both asleep at thmame time. When French patrols visited the place, we hid, or fled into the desert, with the entire sympathy of the vil- lagers. We could have joined more than one south -bound caravan, but I place, not urge Buddy to leave the He had such faith in the indestruc- tibility of Hank, that he hoped against hope, until thope deferred made his heart sick. At first it was: 'He'll come mushin' in here to-mor- rer, a throwin' his feet like the Big Buck Hobo, rollin' his tail like a high - fed hoss, an' grinnin' fit ter bust. . ." • Then it Was: • "Nobody couldn't kill Hank. . . . . He's what you call iadestructible.... Why, back in Colorado, he shore chased a man • over the Panamint Mountains an' right across Death Valley once, an' inter the Funeral Motintains Vother sides, A hoss-rust- ler, heewas, and when ole Hank got him, he was stone dead with heat an' thirst, an' Hank turned right round an' hiked back and come Out alive!" _And at last, when a caravan came from the north actually going south •to Zinder (the military headquarters of the Territoire Militairt)eind com- parative civilization, he proposed that we should join it as camelmen and guards. ; ''• • ' • • "YOU can't stop here fer keeps, pard," he said. "I reckon I bineselfish. But I couldn't leave old Hank while there wasea chance . . . But for Michael's letter. (and my onging to. see Isobel), I would have urged •Buddy to Stay, for that was What he -really wanted to do. • Nothing 'email destroy his faith in his friend' i superiority to the desert and to death. ' We joined the caravan as fighting- men, one dumb and later (as we neared Zinder) we left it though we had little feae of getting into trouble theie Still, it was just poSsitle that some non-com. of the big garrison there might know and recognize us, and possible that a wel- equipped desert -party of goumiers might have come along the caravan road from Zinderneuf. . Our adventures between Zinder and the British border at Barbera, where we first saw Haussas in the uniform of the West African Field Force, were numerous, and our hardships great; but Fate seemed to have done its worst --and now that I had lost Digby and Buddy had lost Hank, and neither of us cared very much what happened, our luck changed and all went fairly well. And one day we rode, on miserable donkeys, into the great city of Kano, and I revealed Myself to, an astound- ed Englishman as'a compatriot. He was, kindness itself, and put me in communication With a friend, or rather a friend Of Atint Patricia's a Mr. Lawrence of the Nigerian Civil Service. This gentleman sent me money and'an invitation to came and stay with him at his headquarters and to bring Buddy with Inc. And when I told Buddy that on the morrow lie, was actually going to ride in a train once 'more—I found that he was not. He had only come to .1. -Fars to see me safe, and, having clone so, he was going straight back to look for Hank! "Nothing would shake his determin ation, and it was waste of words to try. Nor was it pleasant to strive td persuade hitn that his friend was dead. "Nope. ; . Hank g,!Ve his life fer us. . ." ' All I could do was to ,see him fit- ted out with everything procurable in Itano—a flee 'camel, a spare one for food, ii4ter, ammunition, and a small tent, and a Hatissa ex -soldier aa'serv- ant and guide, recommended by the Kano Englishman, an official named liordaunt. The latter made it clear to the Haussa that he was to go north with tins American "explorer," obey him in all things, reepive half his pay he - fore starting and the other half, with a bonus depending in value to his merit, when he xetterned to Kano with his master, or honorably discharged Morclatint was good enough to a‘c- eept my word that if he would be my banker in this matter, 1 would adjust things as sooti as 1 saw Mr. Law - tenet, who was ae old friend of his. •! • •• 11. • " • •.• • I hattel parting with the staunch, brave, great-hearted little Buddy, and I felt that he would'never return to Kano unless it Was with I-Iatdc, and I bad no hope whatever of his doing that, . I wondered, if I should, ever have had the cold iron courage vol- untarily back into that Hell, eso, caping it be, a miracle, o. ...,:b a ghost of a chance of finding ,...eited. I took, the train at Kano to some place of which I have forgotten the name, and Lawrence met me on the platform. I remembered his feee is soon as I saw it, as that of the quiet, rather dour and repellent man who had been to Brandon Abbas two or three times when we were there. He tame nearer to showing excite- ment, while he listened to my story, than 1 thought was his wont. When I had finished he said: "1 should like to, know when fic- tion was much stranger than this piece of truth! . . . And you still clo not know the rights of this 'Blue Water' mystery?" "No," I said. "I only know thatany brother Michael never stole anything in his life." "Quite so," he replied. "Of course And now I have something to tell you. Your Major de Beaujolais was sent down to Zinder and from there he went home on leave via Keno—and on Kano railway station platform I niet him, and he told me the whole story of Zinderneuf Fort from his side of the business, and about finding your brother's 'confes- sion.' I went on to Brandon Abbas and told Lady Brandon what he told me—and it really did not seem to in- terest her enormouslyr' It was my turn to feel excited now. It was incredible to sit there in a hammock -chair under the African stars, outside this men'si tents, a whiskey -and -soda in my hand and a cheroot in my mouth, and hear him tell how he he'd taken our Zinderneuf story ik) Brandon Abbas! I think I was soon past wonder and all power to feel astonishment. What did strike me and what did give me endless food for speculation, from then until I saw her, was his account of how Aunt Patricia had re- 'teived his incredible news, Apparently she did not seem even to want to gee the wretched jewel back., Her atti- tude had puzzled Lawrence, and it, puzzled me as he described it. . . . When Lawrence, had finished his tale he gave me much Brandon Abbas news. , Sir IleOr 13randon was dead. He had died miserably, alone in ICashinir, of cholefa—his servants and coolies having fled as soon as the disease wes recognized for what it was. The Chaplin had died of what was apparently a paralytic stroke. Claudia had married one of the richest men in England, nearly 'old enough to be her grandfather. (to be concluded) Doctor Orders Vinol For Nervous Women "I was weak, nervous and anemic. Could hardly vvalk. My ddctor order- ed Vinol, and I feel too per cent bet- ter."—Mrs. H. Willis. 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